Cap and holding device for oil cans



- Mar. 3, 1925.

B. BER NSTEIN CAP AND HOLDING DEVICE FOR OIL CANS Filed Aug. 9, 1923INVENTbR Baruch Bernstein ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARUCH BERNSTEIN, OF HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA; NOW BY JUDICIAL CHANGE OFNAME BURRIS BURNS.

CAP AND HOLDING DEVICE FOR OIL CANS.

Application filed August 9, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARUCH BERNsTEaN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gap and HoldingDevices for Oil Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stoppers or caps for oil cans, and the generalobject thereof is to provide a cap holding device for holding the capover the end of the spout of the oil can and closing said spout when thecan is not in use, and for holding said cap on the can out of the Way ofthe user of the can when the cap is removed from the spout so that thecan may be used.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter and while I showherewithv and will describe a preferred form of construction, I desireto be understood that I do not limit my invention to such preferred formbut that various changes and adaptations may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention as herein after claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an oil can embodying my invention, with thecap held by my invention on the spout of the can, closing said spout.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the cap removed from the spoutand held by my invention on the can receptacle out of the way of theuser of the can.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of my invention with the cap shown partly insection,

In the drawing 1 indicates an oil receptacle and 2 a spout of an oilcan, said 4 receptacle being formed with a threaded mouth 3 in which thebase i of said spout is screw seated,

My invention comprises a wire yoke 5, and a spring 6 connected at oneend by a 5 coupling 7 to said yoke and at its other end to a cap 8 by acoupling 9 and eye 10. The

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yoke 5 is bent and twisted intermediate its ends into an eye 11. Thecoupling 7 comprises a single piece of wire bent at one end into a hook12, which engages the eye 11 and at its other end into a hook 13, whichengages a hook 14 on one end of the spring 6. The coupling 9 comprises asingle piece of wire bent at one end into a hook 15, which engages ahook 16 on the other end of said spring, and at its other end into ahook 17, which engages the eye 10, which eye is formed with a yoke 18,which embraces the cap 8 and its ends are twisted together as at 19,whereby the cap is held securely by said yoke.

The yoke 5 embraces the mouth 3 and its ends are twisted together as at20, whereby said yoke is held securely on said mouth. The cap 8 may beof cork or other suitable material and has a conical bore 21, whichreceives the upper end of the spout 2, whereby the cap fits on said endof said spout and closes the same, in which position the spring 6 isexpanded and the cap is held by said spring firmly on the end of thespout, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the cap 8 is removed from the end of the spout the spring 6 may bestretched around the mouth 3 of the can, the hook 17 I of coupling 9engages with the eye 11 as shown in Fig. 2, whereby my device is held onthe can out of the way, so that the can may be used for oiling.

I claim as my invention:

In combination with an oil can, a cap, a yoke secured around the mouthof the can and formed with an eye, a spring, means connecting saidspring at one end to said eye, a coupling connecting the other end ofsaid spring to said cap, said spring being adapted to hold said cap onsaid spout to close the spout and adapted to be stretched around saidmouth and said coupling hooked in said eye to hold the cap when removedfrom thespout on the can out of the way.

BARUCH BERN STEIN.

